Oyster-shipping bucket.



top of said UNTTED sTATEs JOHN HENRY COX, OF FAIRMOUNT, MARYLAND.

OYSTR-SHIPPING BUCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

, 1907. Serial No. 380,077.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:`

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY Cox, a citizen of the United States,mount, in the county of Somerset and State of Maryland, have invented anew and useful Oyster-Shipping Bucket, of which the following 1s aspeciiication.-

My invention relates to improvementsl in.

oyster sh'pping buckets of the refrigeratmg type; and the objects of myimprovement are7 iirst, an oyster shipping bucket in whichk the ice iskept separate from the oysters; second, the cooling of the bottom .ofthe contents of the bucket; third, the sealing of the refrigeratingmaterial or ice to keep the air awayfrom the same; fourth, improvedmeans of introducing the ice in the interior of the contents of thebucket and holding the same there; fifth, means of closing andprotecting the contents of the oyster bucket when the` same has to berecharged; and, sixth, the closing of the receptacle containing theoysters and refrigerating material. I attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1shows a sectional view taken on the line AB of the containing bucket;the interior oyster can being also shown in section in part also thevarious covers are shown in section in part; Fig. 2, is a plan view ofmy improved oyster ship ing bucket.

Similar numera s refer to similar parts throughout the several views. f

1'is the containing bucket, and is usually made of wood and having abail 2 on which is handle 3. Containing bucket 1 has a bot# tom in it 4made in the usual way, and has a lid or cover 5 which may be nailed onwith nails 6, or secured in some other way. nside of containing bucket1, is oyster can 7 inside of which is space E having bottom 8 andinternal compartment 9. The space O of the internal compartment 9isropen to the outside of oyster can 7 and into space D which space isbetween the interior walls. of the containing bucket 1 and the exteriorof the oyster can 7 and is not open to the interior of said oyster vcan7 excepting Athrough can. The bottom of oyster can 7 has a cover 10which incloses the space of the internal compartment O; said cover 10 isheld in place by fasteners 11 secured onto oyster can 7 and on whichcover 1() fits at 12,; oyster can 7 has a iid or cover 13 which ts thetop of said bucket tightly, and is secured in place residing at Fair bylocking rod 14 which goes through said cover 13 and has a nut orfastening 15 outside of said cover securing said cover to said oystercan; also said cover may have similar locking devices as bottom cover10, as are shown at 11 and 12for the sake of clearness they have beenomitted from the drawing. Oyster can 7 has lifting handles 16 secured toit by means of ears soldered on to the outside so as not to interferewith cover 13 and so formed that said lifting handles 16 may fold down.over cover 13 when the same is in place as shown in Fig. 1 and a cord orsealing device may be run through said two handles 16 with a sealattached to show that the bucket has notbeen tampered with. Locking rod1li is secured on the end of internal compartment 9 and is threaded onits upper end to receivelocking nut 15.

The operation of my invention is as follows zA block of ice as near theshape and size of internal compartment O as e ossibl is put into thesame, cover 10 is t en put into position and secured there by giving itav partial rotation, thus bringing fasteners 11 and 12 into operation.The cover fits loosely thereby allowing the water from the melted icetorun out, oyster can 7 is now ppt into containing bucket 1, space Dbeing led to the top of internal compartment 9 or alittle above, withoysters to be shipped; lid 13 'is then put on and secured to oyster can7 and if desired the seal cord is run through lifting handles 16 and aseal put on cover 5 is then secured to containing bucket 1. The waterfrom the melted ice in the internal compartment O finds its level inspace D thus sealing internal compartment C from the air. When renewalof ice is desirable, oyster can 7 by means of lifting handles 16 may beremoved from4 the containing bucket, cover 10 removed, a new piece ofice put intothe internal compartment C, cover 10 restored, superfluouskWater poured out of containing bucket 1, and the oyster can 7 again putinto the said containing bucket 1 and the cover put on.

Having thus described my invention; what Iv claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is,-

1. A shipping case consisting of a containing bucket, a cover to saidcontaining bucket, an oyster can contained in said containing bucket, acover to said oyster can, means of securing said cover to said oystercan having an opening 2. An oyster shipping case consisting of acontining,l bucket, an oyster can conta-ined in said containingbucket.having an internal compartment, Ineens of introducing :L relor theopening' into seid internal coinpztrtinent, and means of communicating'between said internal compartment and seul containing bucket consistingol` the opening in the saiflihcolnpartnient at the bottonrgoli seid saidoyster oyster can and the space between the loosely fitting cover andthe said oyster can.

n oyster shipping euse consisting of a containing bucket, an oyster' eencontained in Suid containing bucket, un internal conlpartinent in saidoyster can, ineens l'or introducing u refrigeruting` substance in thesaid internal compartment lroni they bottom consisting of nient, ineensl'or .retainingl seid rei'rigerzttng substance in smid internalconnmrtnlent oonsisting of :t cover lor the opening into seid. internalcompartment7 und ineens l'or securing?)l said cover consisting ol'lnstenings on the periphery thereof whereby the suine lits loosely.

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